A Bunch of Bytes of News on Upcoming Comic to the
Screen Projects
While shooting Mission Impossible: Fallout
Henry Cavill and director Chris McQuarrie talked about him directing Man of
Steel 2…Netflix has picked up the screen rights to Rob Liefeld’s Extreme
Universe…Syfy has ordered a pilot based on Image’s Roche Limit…Graphic India is
teaming with Archie Comics on the first-ever live action Bollywood film based on
the series…even with the deal between Disney and 20th Century Fox more X-Men
films are planned as is a Silver Surfer movie written by Saga’s Brian K.
Vaughan. Part of their plan includes Legion’s Noah Hawley’s Doctor Doom and the
Kitty Pryde film from Brian Michael Bendis and Deadpool’s Tim Miller…Amazon
Studios has begun development of a TV series based on Conan the Barbarian…Ridley
Scott is in talks to produce and direct a film adaptation of Greg Rucka’s Queen
and Country…Luke Cage’s Cheo Hodari Coker is writing a Nightwatch film for Sony
for Spike Lee to direct…Game of Thrones’ Pedro Pascal has joined the cast of
Wonder Woman 1984…Netflix is teaming with Frank Miller and Puss in Boots’
writer/producer Tom Wheeler on the original drama series Cursed. The show will
be a re-imagining of the Arthurian legend.